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XMM telescope without RGS


XMM telescope without RGS

The light path in the XMM telescope with only an EPIC camera in its primary focus. Incoming photons are reflected twice at small angles, first by a parabolic, then by a hyperbolic mirror. They are focused in the focal surface of the second mirror. The total assembly, a so-called "Wolter-1 telescope", has a focal length of 7.5 m.

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